This text provides a history of the geology and palaeontology of New Jersey from the time the region was covered by the Cambrian seas, 543 million years ago, to the Pleistocene Ice Age, 10-15,000 years ago. Ongoing controversies are discussed alongside past fossil discoveries and their impact.
This text provides a history of the geology and palaeontology of New Jersey from the time the region was covered by the Cambrian seas, 543 million years ago, to the Pleistocene Ice Age, 10-15,000 years ago. Ongoing controversies are discussed alongside past fossil discoveries and their impact.
DR. WILLIAM B. GALLAGHER is the registrar of natural history at the New Jersey State Museum and a visiting lecturer in dinosaur paleontology at Rutgers University.
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List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Fossils, Strata, and Time Chapter 2. The Deep Past: New Jersey Before the Dinosaurs Chapter 3. Who Are the Dinosaurs? Chapter 4. New Jersey: Birthplace of American Dinosaur Paleontology Chapter 5. The Earliest Dinosaurs Chapter 6. Heyday of the Dinosaurs Chapter 7. Cretaceous Sea Life Chapter 8. The Last Dinosaurs Chapter 9. The Great Extinction Chapter 10. After the Dinosaurs Appendix A: Where to See Dinosaurs and Other Fossils in and around New Jersey Appendix B: Methods for Studying Dinosaur Footprints Appendix C: How to Find Fossils in New Jersey Notes Glossary Annotated Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Fossils, Strata, and Time Chapter 2. The Deep Past: New Jersey Before the Dinosaurs Chapter 3. Who Are the Dinosaurs? Chapter 4. New Jersey: Birthplace of American Dinosaur Paleontology Chapter 5. The Earliest Dinosaurs Chapter 6. Heyday of the Dinosaurs Chapter 7. Cretaceous Sea Life Chapter 8. The Last Dinosaurs Chapter 9. The Great Extinction Chapter 10. After the Dinosaurs Appendix A: Where to See Dinosaurs and Other Fossils in and around New Jersey Appendix B: Methods for Studying Dinosaur Footprints Appendix C: How to Find Fossils in New Jersey Notes Glossary Annotated Bibliography Index
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